Claire Maxted

The Ultimate Ultra Running Handbook (eBook, PDF)

For runners looking for their next challenge

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

'An accessible, inspiring and comprehensive guide to this amazing sport of ours'
Damian Hall, ultra runner and journalist

Have you taken part in marathon distance events and find yourself wondering what's next? Are you looking for a new, exciting physical and mental challenge? This is the ultimate guide for runners who are looking to go even further.

Welcome to the ultra running community. This friendly guide written by seasoned ultra runner Claire Maxted is packed with training and nutrition advice, inspiration, strength and injury-prevention exercises and case studies from fellow runners of all levels. Including tips from pros and coaches across the sport, you will find everything you need to become a happy, confident ultra runner.

From the basics and your first race, all the way through to multi-day events, chapters include:

- Ultra Running kit essentials
- Finding the time to train - tips and inspiration
- How to get faster and/or run further
- Training plans from 50k to 160k
- Nutrition and recipes for ultra energy
- Where to run - both locally and globally
- Advice on strength training, overtraining, injury prevention, recovery and more!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399411325
• Artikelnr.: 72248671

Autorenporträt

Claire Maxted is the co-founder and former editor of Trail Running magazine. She now runs the YouTube channel Wild Ginger Running, creating films packed with trail and ultra running advice, athlete interviews, gear tests and race reviews. She hosts talks, speaks and presents at book launches, awards, events and races. www.wildgingerrunning.co.uk

Inhaltsangabe

Why run ultras? What kit do you need? Where can you train? Different types
of ultra Most common mistakes not to make! Training plans - from 50k to
160k (100 miles) Women's training Tackle the terrain Stay safe Start to
navigate Recover faster Get faster Run further Cross-training Races! See
the UK through ultra running - top 10 destinations for trail running in
Britain See the world through ultra running - top 10 beginner races around
the world